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The L.A. offense got whatever it wanted in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals. The Lynx need an adjustment heading into Game 2. The Los Angeles Sparks took Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on a dramatic buzzer-beater from Alana Beard. Beard’s shot was one of the few contested long jumpers the Sparks needed, because they kept finding their way to the rim with ease.
L.A. stars Nneka Ogwumike and Candace Parker held a clinic in getting to the basket for layups against a normally tenacious Minnesota Lynx defense on its own court.read more

The known defensive specialist came up big on the other end. The Los Angeles Sparks’ Alana Beard hit a contested buzzer-beating long-two from the corner to give her team a 1-0 lead over the defending champion Minnesota Lynx on the r...

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FEAR THE BEARD: Alana Beard hit a buzzer beater to lift the Sparks over the Lynx in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Sunday. What a shot! Fo...

Alana Beard hit a jumper from the baseline just before time expired to lift the Los Angeles Sparks to a 78-76 victory over the Minnesota Lynx in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Sunday. With the defense collapsing on Candace Parker and...

Today’s WNBA Finals Game 1 between the L.A. Sparks and Minnesota Lynx ended with a buzzer-beater from guard Alana Beard to give Los Angeles a 78-76 win and 1-0 lead in the best-of-five series. Read more...